Education
1972 M.Ed., University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Dept. of Human Development and Learning
1970 Studied with sculptor Isamu Noguchi, Long Island City, NY, and Kansas City, KS
1969 B.A., English, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD
Work
2017- Curator-in-Residence, Emeritus , Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore
2011-2016 Director, MFA in Curatorial Practice (CP); Instructor, Graduate Thesis and Seminar, MICA
1998-2011 Curator-in-Residence, MICA: Instructor, Exhibition Development Seminar: The Curatorial Experience (EDS); Coordinator, Curatorial Studies Concentration; undergrad studio and grad thesis crits; Art History lecturer; Exhibitions Committee; MFA in Community Arts Mentor
1997-1998 Guest Curator and Adjunct Instructor, MICA
1996-1998 Art Education Consultant, Board of Education, Howard County, MD
1989-1996 Founder/Director, The Contemporary (a museum-without-walls), Baltimore
1985-1989 Director/Owner, George Ciscle Gallery, Baltimore
1976-1985 Teacher/Coordinator, Career Oriented Programs (C.O.P.), Baltimore County Public Schools
1974-1976 Fine Arts Instructor, State College Public Schools, PA
1972-1973 Director, New Community School, Coburn, PA
1969-1972 Fine Arts Coordinator, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore
Curatorial Experience
Baltimore Museum of Art (2022-2024)
Guest Curator
Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds and Candelbugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott; Curatorial Consultant, Elizabeth Talford Scott Community Initiative
Maryland Institute College of Art (1998 - 2008)
Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS)
2008 Beyond the Compass, Beyond the Square
Project Director
Inspired by Walters Art Museum’s “Finding Our Place in the World”. Site-specific work in Mt. Vernon Square; community collaborations, performances, tours, and interventions
2007 At Freedom’s Door: Challenging Slavery in Maryland
Project Director and Curator
Struggle for freedom viewed from dual perspective of contemporary artists and historical material. Collaboration with Morgan State University students at Maryland Historical Society and Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
2005 Lawson Oyekan and the spirit of nature
Project Director and Curator
Sculpture by Nigerian ceramic artist, anchoring 16 MICA international exhibits with NCECA conference; state- wide teacher workshops ; curriculum initiatives
2004 Comics on the Verge
Project Director
40 comics artists; collaborative exhibits at Creative Alliance, Park School and UMBC Albin Kuhn Library
2003 Everlasting: Sound and Video Installation by Ann Fessler
Project Director and Curator
Oral histories of birth mothers who gave up children for adoption formed basis for installation; symposium; satellite exhibit and curricular initiative at McDonogh School
2002 Marlborough Art Project
Project Director
Research by senior residents of historic apartment building informed their art projects that became incorporated into the re-development of their Community Room
2001 Situated Realities: Where Technology and Imagination Intersect
Project Director
30 artists explored the imaginative possibilities of the computed image; artist residents Lilla LoCurto and Bill Outcault for curricular initiative and satellite exhibit at Park School
2000 Joyce J. Scott: Kickin’ It with the Old Masters
Project Director and Curator
BMA with MICA; 30-year survey; site-specific installation; residency in community art programs; 2004-2007: Toured by ExhibitsUSA
1999 Subject to Change, Parts I and II
Project Director and Curator
Linda Bills, Jann Rosen-Queralt and Jason Swift created work that welcomed audience participation; Reinstalled as Part II after feedback from artists, students and public
1998 Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds and Candlebugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott
Project Director and Curator
50-year retrospective of renowned fiber artist; satellite exhibit with works from 3 city senior and 3 after-school recreation centers ; Toured by MICA
The Contemporary, Baltimore (1989-1996)
1996 Ignisfatuus: An Installation by Paul Etienne Lincoln
Curator
Intricate glass organs that “bloomed” with lunar cycle, synchronized with recordings of diva Rosa Ponselle; 1880 Conservatory in Druid Hill Park; collaboration with 6 partners
1995 Going for Baroque
Project Director
Collaboration with Walters Art Museum, juxtaposing works by 18 contemporary artists fascinated by 17th and 18th centuries with related works from museum
1995 Can-ton: The Baltimore Series: New Paintings by Hung Liu
Project Director
Artist’s quest to understand city’s historical connections to China; at Canton National Bank; satellite exhibit at Peale Museum
1995 Labor of Love: Exhibition by Willie Cole
Project Director
Compared history of industry with the contemporary issue of the birth industry (contraception, fertility and delivery); collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry
1994 Contemporary East European Ceramics
Project Director
70 artists from 15 former Eastern Bloc countries at historic St. Stanislaus Convent; collaboration with MICA and Baltimore Clayworks
1994 Home and the World: Architectural Sculptures by Aboudrame and Bodys Kingelez
Project Director
Three-part exhibition centered around South African artists’ works in relationship to works of 2 Maryland communities and African collection of the James E. Lewis Museum
1994 Catfish Dreamin’: An Installation on Wheels by Alison Saar
Curator
Exploration of cultural functions of a single symbol, traveled on vintage pickup truck for 7 months to 80 partner sites in 4 states; interactive programs by driver/art educator
1992-1993 Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson
Project Director
Collaboration with and at Maryland Historical Society. Investigated African American and Native Americans in Maryland using objects from museum’s collection
1991 Soul Shadows: Urban Warrior Myths
Project Director
Dawn Dedeaux’s multi-media installation; works from workshops conducted by 6 Maryland artists-in-residence at Woodbourne Center, a multi-service facility for children
1991 Photo Manifesto: Contemporary Photography in the USSR
Co-Curator
Explored culture of Soviet Union and changing identity of country and its people; 240 photographs by 45 “unofficial” artists; former Greyhound Bus Garage; bi-lingual texts
1990 Visual AIDS
Project Director
200 works by artists from 35 states and 3 countries exhibited with audience responses in The Famous Ballroom; collaboration with city-wide health care providers who were recipients of artists’ donated works in their offices, homes and hospices afterwards
1989-1990 OUTCRY: Artists Answer AIDS
Project Director and Curator
12 artists commissioned for ArtScape; sponsored by Mayor’ Office of the Arts. Toured to Arlington Arts Center, VA; and Goucher College, Baltimore
Additional Curatorial Projects (1985-2024)
2024 The Unknown Paintings of Peter Scholleck, Arting Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2019 Studio Resident Biennial, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD ; Catalog
2014 AIDS Unanswered, Co- curator, Arlington Arts Center, VA
2005 Baltimore Magazine See Hear: Baltimore by its Artists with John Lewis, February
2005 Plastic Bag, Korean and American artists. Ssamziegil, Seoul
1996. Biennial, Co-curator, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
1996 A 15-Year Survey of Baltimore Art, Co-curator, ArtScape, Baltimore, MD
1990 Life Works of John Englehart, Co-curator with Lyle Kissack, BAUhouse, Baltimore
1989 OUTCRY: Artists Answer AIDS, Artscape, Baltimore, MD
1988 Kindred Spirits, Trabia-MacAfee Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Benefit Exhibition, Co-curator, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore
1987 Keith Martin Retrospective, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD and Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD; Catalog
1986 Collage: Fragments of an Inner Vision, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown
1985-1989 George Ciscle Gallery, 32 solo and 10 thematic group exhibitions
Community Work
2022- Advisory Board, The Tabb Research Center (JHU Sheridan Libraries Special Collections)
2021-2022 Steering Committee, Mellon Project, Baltimore Museum of Art
2019- Advisory Committee, Peabody Ballroom Experience
2019- DEAI Committee, Baltimore Clayworks
2018- DEAI Committee, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA)
2018- Collections Committee, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
2017- The Arc Baltimore Develop and coordinate gallery tours and hands-on workshops at BMA, The Walters, Baltimore Clayworks, and School 33; artist mentorship program; MICA Arc/CP Fellowship
2018-2019 Coach, Hamiltonian Fellowship Program, D.C.
2017-2019 Board of Trustees and co -chair DEAI Committee, Baltimore Clayworks
2017-2020 Advisory Council, Urban Arts Leadership
2016 Civic Practice National Task Force, City of Philadelphia
2011-2012 Program Committee, Association of African American Museums Conference
2011 NEA Our Town Program Advisory Committee, Station North, Baltimore
2009-2012 Museum Advisory Committee, Baltimore American Indian Center
2003-2005 Advisory Committee, Maryland ArtSource
2002-2004 Board of Trustees (Founding) and Programs Chair, GBCA
2004 Host Committee, Tour de Clay, in conjunction with NCECA
2000-2001 Artists’ Portfolio Reviews, College Arts Association Conference, Mentor
1999 Symposium and Action Plan Committees, Baltimore Arts Advocate
1994-1996 Mayor’s Arts & Culture Committee, Howard Street Task Force, Baltimore
1995 Advisory Board, Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA
1990-1995 Benefit Committee, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore
1988-1994 Board of Trustees (Founding), American Visionary Arts Museum, Baltimore
1992 Host Committee, American Association of Museums, Annual Conference, Baltimore
1991 Outreach Committee, Baltimore Area Grantmakers
1990 Benefit Committee, Human Rights Campaign Fund, Baltimore
1989 Sponsor, AIDS Action Baltimore Benefit, George Ciscle Gallery
1988 Sponsor, Amnesty International Benefit, George Ciscle Gallery
1987 Sponsor, Art AIDS Benefit (HERO), George Ciscle Gallery
1987 Board of Trustees, Urban Design Council, Baltimore
Juror
2022 Artemis/Bast Commission, Consulting Advisor, Baltimore Museum of Art
2019-2024 Art in the Round, The Arc Baltimore
2016 Regional Biennial, Rehoboth Art League
2011 Philadelphia Mural Arts Program’s Visiting Curators Initiative
2004 Maryland Artists Equity Foundation Winners Circle Exhibition
2004 Tour de Clay, 165 international exhibitions, NCECA, Baltimore-D.C.
2003 Annual Members Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington
2003 City Community Arts Grants, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
2002 Museum Grants, National Endowment for the Arts, D.C.
2002 Artist Fellowships, Delaware State Arts Council, Wilmington
2002- 2005 Art in Architecture Program, General Services Administration, D.C.
1999 Annual Exhibition, Artworks, New Bedford, MA
1999 Courthouse Square Public Art, Arlington Commission on the Arts, VA
1996 Baltimore/Washington International Airport Sculpture Competition
1995-1999 Organizational and Artists Residency Grants, New Jersey State Arts Council, Trenton
1993-1994 Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest/Arts International, Artist Residency and Travel Grants, NY
1993 Visual Arts Organization Grants, Maryland State Arts Council
Presentations
2022 “Legacies: Maurice Berger and Fred Wilson”, UMBC, Moderator
2021 “Curating in Community”, UMBC
2020 -2022 Curators’ Night, The Arc Baltimore’s Art in the Round gala
2017 In Conversation with Fred Wilson, 25th Anniversary of Mining the Museum, MICA
2016 “Museums Now”, Johns Hopkins University Museum & Society Department, Panelist
2016 Distinguished Artist Interview (Joyce Scott), College Arts Association Conference, Interviewer
2016 In Conversation with Alison Saar, 25th Anniversary of Catfish Dreamin’, MICA
2015 Baltimore Racial Justice Action, Speaker
2014 K @20 Anniversary, The Kreeger Museum, Washington, D.C., Panelist
2013 “What We Talk about When We Talk about Race”
2013 “Experimental Projects in Museums”, American Alliance of Museums Conference, Moderator
2012 “Curatorial Practice and Social Engagement”, University of Minnesota
2012 “Collaborative Partnerships for Museums and Academia”, Assoc of African American Museums
2011 “Creative Tactics for Telling Critical Stories”, Fair Development Conference
2010 “Collections and Communities”, Johns Hopkins University
2009 “Collecting Experiences”, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
2009 Keisho Art Association, Tokushima, Japan
2009 Ontario School of Art and Design, Toronto
2009 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
2006 “What is a Curator?” University of Maryland at College Park
2006 “Museum Muses”, National Academy of Sciences, D.C.
2005 Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, Panelist
2004 “Interdisciplinarity in Visual Arts Education”, AICAD Symposium, Tuscon, AZ
2003 “Local, not Provincial”, Conference on Imagination and Place, Lawrence, KA
2002-2005 National Register of Peer Professionals, General Services Administration
2001 Joseph Bueys and Green Initiatives Symposium, UMBC, Baltimore, Moderator
2000 “Artist in the Museum”, American Association of Museums Conference
1999 “People and Places in Time: Baltimore’s Changing Landscape”, Univ of Baltimore Conference
1999 “Artists and Communities”, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
1996 International Seminar, Museo da Republica, Rio de Janero, Brazil
1995 Community Arts, General Services Administration, D.C., Panelist
1993 Maryland Art Educators Association Conference, Baltimore
1990 Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Panelist
Awards
2018 Volunteer Service Award, The Arc Baltimore
2017 Residency, Studios of Key West, FL
2017 Alvin Myerberg Vanguard Award, MICA
2017 Medal of Honor, MICA
2014 Research Residency, St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, MD
2009 Research Residency, St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, MD
2007 Distinguished Arts Administrator Award, National Council of Arts Administrators
2002 Certificate of Appreciation, U. S. General Services Administration, Public Building Service
1996 Governor’s Citation, Maryland
1993 Mayor’s Citation, Baltimore
1992 Presidential Citation, City of Baltimore